Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

It seems to me that DIBYONIM is from the root DB, which is but a  
variant of the root ZB, 'ooze, drip', eventually 'pile up'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 5, 2008, at 2:32 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:

> The root for the word, (dibyown), is D.B.H which is analogous to DB  
> in Arabic meaning to crawl, creep, move slowly, go on all fours,  
> fill, pervade, invade, stream in, rush in; bear, sand hill, tiny  
> animal, insect.  Considering that the Ktiv is Chiryon which is  
> related to the word Ch.R./A (/A = aleph) which means excrement, the  
> connection to excrement is on solid ground.  Therefore, I suggest  
> that both words most likely mean "Scarab or Dung Beetle" which in  
> times of famine would most definately be eaten and nutritious.
>
> D kolinsky
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> Subject: [b-hebrew] What is that to be eaten 2 Kings 6:25?
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, Karl Randolf <kwrandolph AT email.com>
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> Karl & al.,
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> The word in question (dibyown) is of course a hapax legomenon which  
> does not
> seem to be derived from any obvious Hebrew roots.  The "doves dung" is
> the ketib.  The LXX translates this as dove's dung (kabou koprou
> peristerwn).  However even if we take the ketib and LXX at face  
> value, that does
> not mean people were actually eating doves dung.  In Mexico and   
> the US
> Southwest there is a popular confection called "churros", a long
> narrow lump of fried dough sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.  It  
> is possible to
> translate "churros" as dung although there are more graphic and
> accurate words available in English language.  The name is merely  
> reflective of
> the general appearance of the food, particularly when it made by  
> hand, and
> perhaps the fact it an inexpensive food popular with the poorer  
> strata of
> society.  Perhaps "doves dung" is something similar.
>
> Jack Tladatsi
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